Definition of Kola peninsula

1. Noun. A peninsula in northwestern Russia projecting eastward between the Barents Sea and the White Sea.

Group relationships: Russia, Russian Federation
Generic synonyms: Peninsula

Definition of Kola peninsula

1. Proper noun. A peninsula in the far north of Russia, part of the Murmansk Oblast. It borders upon the Barents Sea on the North and the White Sea on the East and South. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kola Peninsula

Kohnstamm's phenomenon
Kohtla-Järve
Koine
Koizumi
Kojac
Kojewnikoff
Kojewnikoff's epilepsy
Kokborok
Kokka
Kokka Shinto
Koko
Kokomo
Kokyo
Kol
Kol Nidre
Kola Peninsula
Kolam
Kolami
Kolar
Kolarian
Kolarians
Kolhapur
Kolkata
Kolkhis
Kolkwitzia
Kolkwitzia amabilis
Kollam
Kolliker's layer
Kolliker's reticulum
Kollmann's dilator

Literary usage of Kola peninsula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1891)
"... undertaken by Finland naturalists, into the eastern part of the kola peninsula, which has hitherto been completely unknown. The authors are MM. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"kola peninsula, Russia,, situated between the White Sea and the Arctic Ocean, and consisting largely of mountain ranges with pine forests covering their ..."

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